South Africa

Pretoria - Water shortages will be a thing of the past for the communities of Colesberg in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says university fees must be more responsive to the economic and social needs of the country.

Pretoria - Wits vice chancellor Adam Habib is this morning set to meet with students who have been protesting at the university to hear their grievances and find a resolution, the university said.

Pretoria - Bilateral relations between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be further boosted today.

Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) came out glowing at the Department of Labour’s inaugural Employment Equity Awards, aimed at recognising employers who promote equal opportunity, diversity and fair treatment in the workplace.

Pretoria - South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared the first decade of their Bi-National Commission a “resounding success”.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says government’s efforts to restore the dignity of the residents of Langa through the roll-out of integrated human settlements have paid off.

Pretoria – Former paralympian Oscar Pistorius will be placed under correctional supervision as from 20 October 2015, the Department of Correctional Services has announced.

Pretoria – The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) is to embark on an intensive campaign to educate beneficiaries about unauthorised deductions on their social grant payments.

Pretoria - Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo has stepped down as chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the Remuneration and Conditions of Service in the Public Service and Public Entities.

Pretoria - The Department of Energy has received its first unqualified audit with no findings from the office of the Auditor General, since its inception in 2009.

Johannesburg - One in 29 women in South Africa are likely to suffer from breast cancer and the average goes up to one in eight women in urban areas, according to the Breast Health Foundation of South Africa.

Pretoria - Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has published the draft Biodiversity Economy Strategy for public comment in the Government Gazette.

Pretoria - The Department of Arts and Culture will host a public hearing this weekend to discuss the revision of the 1996 White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has urged construction companies to avoid tragic accidents, following Wednesday’s bridge collapse on the M1 freeway in Sandton.